Question
Why to use Load Balancer with Floating IP?
- Posted on December 19, 2015
- High AvailabilityLoad BalancingServer Optimization
Asked by nozomk
I can notice every tutorial for using Floating IP is explained through this schematic: https://assets.digitalocean.com/articles/high_availability/ha-diagram-animated.gif
I’m trying to understand why we need to use Load Balancers in combination with Floating IP ? Why not to use only pool of App servers with Floating IP (without Load Banalcers) ? When some server is down, the floating IP will be assigned to other server from the pool and the application will be still available.
Thanks
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